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One Deadly Punch Leads To Prison

Our faithful readers may remember that I wrote a newsletter back in 2011 called “Can One Punch Kill” but it has been many years since then and I asked one of my nurses to write up a newsletter. Ironically, she dug through some of my ideas and came across the same article. Her take on Read More...

What to ask if you have a brain bleed case

Legal implications – civil: Non-traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (stroke): For cases involving warfarin or Coumadin- was the patient’s lab work such as PT/INR adequately monitored? If the patient was suffering from Coumadin toxicity, what was the treatment? Was the blood pressure controlled according to guidelines? Did the patient develop hemorrhage after receiving treatment for ischemic stroke? Read More...

What are three main kinds of brain bleeding?

Types of hemorrhage Epidural hemorrhage is bleeding between the skull and outer covering of the brain, the dura matter.  Epidural hemorrhages are frequently caused from a blunt trauma from an assault, fall or other accident.  Approximately 17% of patients with epidural hemorrhage will deteriorate to coma following trauma. A subdural hematoma is a collection of Read More...

Is trauma the only cause of intracranial hemorrhages?

Causes: Non-traumatic Intracranial hemorrhage may have traumatic and non-traumatic causes. One non-traumatic cause is hemorrhagic stroke which accounts for 8%-13% of all strokes. Hemorrhagic strokes often have a poor prognosis resulting in death or major disability.  Hypertension is the most common cause of non-traumatic intercerebral hemorrhage because it causes damage to the blood vessels in the Read More...

What is an Intracranial Hemorrhage?

Intracranial hemorrhage is an accumulation of blood inside the skull; in or around the brain that can have traumatic and non- traumatic causes.  Bleeding may occur in the brain parenchyma (intercerebral) or in the surrounding coverings on the brain. The accumulation of blood inside the skull causes pressure on the brain and decreased circulating blood flow, Read More...